Wednesday, December 21, 2011

It Works Android Market is now installed on the SuperNova!!! This was done on IR80_S_BN_W_A_A_09282011 with no OTA updates... YMMV Remember do this at your own risk!!!

** You should also be able to remover Market or reset the the Pandigital SuperNova by going in to Settings > Privacy settings and press Factory data reset. if you don't want root any more after doing this process. This should wipe every thing (including apps and personal data so back up what you need) and put the SuperNova back to the way it was out of the box.***

Warning Not responsible

for your tablet you are ... you could brick your Pandigital SuperNova doing this and you could also void your warranty... I am not responsible for what you do... ****

This will get Market running

on the SuperNova, you may not get all of the apps that you want due to the fact that the SuperNova has not been blessed by the Big G... You may be able to hack the Market Build.Prop file after rooting and gain more apps but I am not even sure spoofing the Android Market like that will work.

And copy over to your Pandigital SuperNova. I copied it on to the SD card in the download folder.

Optionally you can down load this fileVending.zip They say it is a newer version of the Android Market but I have not gotten this one to work just yet..

Using the Built in ES File Explorer navigate to where you saved the G Tablet.zip file long press and it will bring up a context menu where you can chose Extract to. Just leave the default G Tablet/ and click ok

Donations are always accepted

Then you can Go in to the G Tablet folder then app folder. And you will see the .apk's you need to install.

**** Warning do it exactly this way read first the read again and do :) *****

THEN Market (Which is the Vending.apk); after installing market DO NOT OPEN. after install, immediately POWER OFF
after new power up push "use by default this action": press Launcher
launch market. follow prompts to setup account. (I used account linked to my phone)
Done! And No, I didn't have to do any kind of a factory reset

I just bought the Supernova and rooted it yesterday, but I hadn't been able to get the Market working despite about 8 hours of trying (and I have rooted and ROMed a HeroC and an EVO 3D). The instructions and files in this post worked flawlessly. I didn't even have to factory reset despite my previous fiddling around.

THANK YOU SOO MUCH. I have spent the past 72 hours digging through the internet looking for how to get the market and google apps on my supernova. This is the ONLY thing that worked. +1 for a great post.

HELP!!! Worked like a charm on my daughter's tablet. I tried the same on my son's (same tablet) and the tablet is stuck on start up screen with the green Android icon and says "Welcome to PD_Novel" and to touch android to begin (which doesn't do anything).Help!!! I have a 12 year old who is about to strangle me.

did this with the instructions provided, except I used the Vending.zip file not the one in the G tablet.zip. It worked great. Make sure you do not have 2 part verification set on your google account. Also when downloading apps from the market, they are unsuccessful. I will play with it and see if I can get it to work.

If you use the new vending.zip vice the one that is in the G tablet.zip file, it will not allow you to download from the market. I had to reset to factory using the Vending.zip. I will try without that and see if it works and post my results.

:D I got EVERYTHING working!!! The google search bar, UN-ROOT process, Voice Actions, Youtube app, UPDATED Google Maps, and, Last but not least THE UPDaTED Facebook app. I just use root explorer and cracked some apps. and they all work if ANYONE wants a link, Reply to this comment plz@

http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/attachments/coby-generation-2/3635d1314139798-want-new-market-7022-here-you-go-com.android.vending-3.1.3-signed.zip this is the updated market that works. Just put on SD and install. Everything works.

I tried all day to do this process on my boyfriends tablet, it never worked. After that I factory reset it and not the pre installed programs like facebook are acting funny and don't work. Not sure what to do ... HELP!!!! Can is it unrooted? ruined? Idk what to do?I was just trying to help...

Did this on my Pandigital Supernova. If anyone has trouble with WIFI after installing, format your memory card (erase), then do a hard reset. Once it resets, you'll still have problems, so go into ES File Explorer, click on the SD Card symbols on the top for left so that it's now the House symbol. You'll see a bunch of files (acct, adept, cache, etc). Click on the system folder, and then the app folder. Find the green WIFI symbol (file name is Everywa..., its next to the Facebook.apk). Now, install it (yes, you wanna replace it.) after doing this, my tab restarted itself, and I redid the GTablet.zip installation steps and then BOOM. Like magic, it worked. :)

worked like a charm for me. much better tablet now. however, has anyone found an updates market that works? this version is old and when i search apps, MANY of them don't show up. for example, if i search for the kindle fire app it will say that there are xxx results (546 for example), but only shows about 8 or 9 and none of them are the actual kindle fire app. it does this with many apps i try to find. any suggestions? i wanted a cheap tablet, but i may have to return this if i can't get full market access.

If you updated and are having issues with the wifi, you have to downgrade to this IR80_S_BN_W_A_A_08142011.zip. by putting on the root of your micro sd card then updating to the current FW with the FW update button. You can get the file here: support.pandigital.net:8080/Support/FW/Tablets/R80B400/Archive/ . I have rebooted and shutoff and turned on the pad several times and still have wifi.

ok....so i am fairly happy with this after rooting it (i understand that i get what i pay for)...BUT...our touchscreen becomes completely unresponsive very often. it's so bad that we have to manually shut it down constantly. is this a known issue? is anyone else having this problem? or is mine faulty?

To the Last comment about the the touchscreen on the Pantidigtal SuperNova unresponsive .... This is not an issue with rooting or installing market on the tablet.. there seems to be a manufacture defect in the capacitive screen. Some thing that Pandigital Needs to look at.

Same problem with a base are stock Pandigital SuperNova the capacitive Screen just stopped working all together. And no amount of factory re-set or firmware reset will fix this.

How do you downgrade the firmware? I've been having wifi problems since day 1. It won't connect - it just keeps disconnecting and scanning. Mine comes with a the current firmware ----> IR80_S_AZ_W_A_A11172011 and I think it's preventing me from rooting it and getting the market to work.

@ChosenChief: here is the link to how to downgrade to an old firmware: http://pandigital.net/userfiles/file/Downloads/Media-Tablets-Firmware-Instructions.pdf. You can use this procedure to downgrade or wait a few minutes and I will post a fix to the wifi issue. I have figured it out and I am using the latest firmware. Be patient and don't follow the post I did with the downgrade option. It will mess up your ability to upgrade to the latest firmware.

@ChosenChief: IR80_S_AZ_W_A_A11172011 <-This does not look like the right firmware for the Pandigital SuperNova. What Pandigital device are you using. My fix should work no matter the device you are using as long as you it has Android 2.3 OS installed.

well, I tried a couple different ways to add the file to the update file. For some reason, it will not add it to the system when it updates. Not sure why, I will keep at it though. Before you update, go to ES File Explorer and System/Apps. Copy file EverywareWifiWidget-release-Supernova-************ to your SD Card. Then update the FW. If your Wifi stops working, you just need to go back to the SD Card and install this file. It will revert it back to the original firmware. Hope this helps those with problems.

Worked great for me! I am having the same issues with the market not showing all the apps but I guess it's better than nothing. SuperNova DLX with firmware IR80_S_AZ_W_A_A_11172011. Rooted with GingerBreak 1.2

Awesome!!! Thank you so very very much. This tablet was purchased by Grandma who had no idea what she was buying. So it left a 12 y/o a little disappointed. Purchased a Samsung Galaxy for her and now I have my own that will be a fine time waster.

Baffled! I followed the G tablet.zip method and it worked like a charm. It was so well instructed I was amazed, but tell me has anyone got the method to installing an updated version of android market for PD supernova. Email me jaknaboxx@gmail.com

@StevenLaurel: can you please provide a link for the 3.4.4 market apk you have successfully installed? Also for everyone, the 12152011 update has just been recently released. I will be installing this update and then reinstalling the market to see if I can get the wifi problem to go away.

I have finally figured it out. Here is a zipped file which includes complete step by step instructions on how to get the up to date market with all apps working on your Supernova. http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1RJR6JSE any questions post them here. I did this using the latest firmware 12152011.

Po8PimpIs there any other place that you have or will post your .zip file so that I can see how to install the latest and greatest Android App market. I'm sure that you've heard megaupload got shut down.

Ok, I did everything it said, triedthe market, it kept asking for my google account, so I put it in with password and it kept giving me some kind of network error. So instead of setting the google account up that way, I went to Settings>Accounts&Sync>Add Account(add your google info)

Enabled Background Data

After I added my account, and enabled background data, I went back to the market, signed in andeverything works perfect now.

You seem sharp so I wanted to ask you if had any idea why I can't update my firmware. I have IR80_S_BN_W_A_A_08112011 ver. My firmware updater tries to download 11152011. After it does it can't install it. If I try to manually extract it gives me this "null" error. Have you ever seen this?

well let me tell you what I did and see if it helps you out. I downgraded from my firmware to the 08112011 firmware and in the process I deleted my OLD_FW folder, which is on the root of your SD CARD. Inside that folder contained my stock firmware which would have allowed me to do a reset of my device. I couldn't update at all. You have to do it in sequence of updates that were released or it won't work right. Tech support told me to take it in and get a new one long story short. I have the latest firmware if you want a copy and do the manual update described here: http://www.pandigital.net/userfiles/file/Downloads/Media-Tablets-Firmware-Instructions.pdf. The beginning steps are for normal update, however step 6 tells you how to do the update manually. Also the bottom explains how to revert back to old FW. I recommend doing that first and then try updating. Then if that doesn't work let me know and I can provide the file needed for the latest update and then you can install that manually. Good luck let us know.

In light of having to take back the PDSN and starting all over, I would like to take you up on your offer to download the latest firmware update and do the manual install. You can reach me at highfalootin72@yahoo.com. Also, I followed your instructions on how to install the latest market and it worked like a charm. However, there seemed to be some confusion between step 14 and step 16 of the "Now to continue with the market install:" section; 14 references using HDPI -240 and then 16 selects "Market_mod2_160.apk". I had better luck when at step 16 I used the ****_240apk. Thank you for your expertise.

I used the most recent SupernovaUnlock.zip and followed the instructions (to the "t" I think!).

The only thing I CANNOT do is get LCD Modder Pro to download from the Market (I was ready and willing to buy it too!). When I try to download it, the Market app (Vendingxxx.xxx) blows up and asks me to force close it.

So even though the Marketplace is working, many of the apps I want (e.g., Netflix, YouTube, Firefox, etc.) simply say "not compatible with your operating system" and I can't get them.

All the other things worked. I think I have the 12112011 firmware.

I had updated the stock (from the store) firmware to whatever is on the automatic firmware updater, but then I got weird problems so I followed the failsafe instructions and recovered back to what I THINK is the stock firmware. I then followed the instructions again and things appeared to work.

I ALSO went to Amazon's website and downloaded their app store and was able to get a few apps that way (like Netflix...which works superbly by the way!).

The problem now is that I cannot mod the SuperNova with LCD Modder Pro such that I can get ALL the Android Marketplace apps to correctly work.

Hey I had the same problem as you... here is how I FINALLY!! got the new market installed.

Download this filepackhttp://www.onykage.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/panditial_supernova.zip

This will allow you to install an old outdated market which will allow you to download and install LCD Modder Pro. Once you have LCD Modder Pro installed just go into that app and do the Market fix that is built into the app.

I have down all of the hacks and the downloads. I have Netflix and the Market working, but for some reason I can't get Hulu to install to my device. The Market reads that "This device is incompatible." Has anyone figured a way around this?

I was wondering why when i downloaded the new market i cant download any of the apps or games when people are saying it works fine it says not compatible with device i have a super nova and the firm ware is the latest one it says its the most recent

i tried the original post instructions and it worked! so simple!! the only trouble i'm having is that my calendar is not working at all (and no other calendars work with it now) and in the android market, it's only showing 5-10 apps AND my skpye isn't working. none of those cons weigh out the pros. but if anyone has any info that can assist with getting my calendar back, more apps displaying in market, and/or fixing skype (i can see them, but they can't see me - audio only works), that would be great.

This does not work. I have tried this multiple times on two different Pandigital Supernovas with the exact same results. After launching Market for the first time, I get the "Web page not available screen" with the error message "An error has occurred. Please try again later". I wish there was a solution to this problem, because I cannot understand how others have made it work using the exact same tablet.

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